"are we supposed to shine in this light? or is failure inevitable?..." Journi just wanted to keep her head down and in the books and get her family out the hood but her brother just can't seem to stop bringing trouble to her doorstep. So when her brother Raheem takes from the wrong one and goes into hiding, Journi is snatched by the one they call Joker as payback she then must navigate her way through college and the life she tried to escape. Once in his tower she can see he would ruin her in the worst way. She knows escaping is futile but she tries anyway. Yakhir aka Joker owns the streets of Atlanta there's nothing that slips past him so when a low level dopeboy takes something and thinks he can run off he has another thing coming. Joker snatches the one person he cares about, his baby sister to draw him out. Once he has Journi he instantly knows he's not giving her back. She's his to keep. After laying eyes on the sweet, smart and clever beauty he knows he'd paint his city red behind her. Will the inevitable keep them apart? Or will Journi and Yakhir fight for their love after the ruin? Cover Credit: @KYTHEWRITERR

"just somebody that can make me feel...safe" Dya'mond is a rising celebrity tattoo artist who is in a loving relationship with a celebrity rapper or so she thought but what happens when a scandal drops and she tries to end her relationship? everything goes left and she must run. While escaping she ends up in a small town in South Carolina on the side of the road with a smoking engine, a flat and a dead phone. All she wants is safety and peace. The mechanic who saves her may be that. Rylo is a mechanic and newly turned single dad after his daughter he didn't know he had gets left at his doorstep without a mother in sight. With grease stained fingers, bedroom eyes, soft words, and the perfect little girl trailing by his side. He always desired a family of his own after losing his at a young age. He tries to navigate being a new father and a business owner on his own. That was until he saves a tattooed beauty who wears her heart on her sleeve and is just tired of running. Will she find her safe haven with him? Will he get the family he always desired?

"you must've wanted something different..." Passionaè Wright never fit in no matter where she went. Being the weird girl growing up in Chicago was like asking to be picked on and pushed to be an outcast apparently. Now in college she managed to make a friend group who doesn't care about her being "weird". Going into her Junior year her friends force her to attend her first party. Everything was going great until it wasn't. When the party gets shot up and she gets separated from her friends what happens when the guy that watched her the whole party is the one who was shooting and the one that protected her from a bullet with no name. Jediah "Menace" Okaye ran the streets since he could hop off the porch on his own. He never played about his respect, loyalty, or money. You fuck with either of those things you'll have the pleasure of meeting menace. After a long standing feud with a nigga named Jodi, his opps decides to pop someone close to him. In order to send a message he crashes a party his people are throwing. Sneaking in undetected was easy. Not caring about casualties was even easy until he laid eyes on her. Now he must decide between keeping her safe and the original play. Between the streets, jealousy, and bitter ex's will he be able to fully love a girl like me?

𝑪𝑨𝑹𝑫𝑾𝑬𝑳𝑳 𝑹𝑶𝑺𝑬𝑺 ⁸⁰ˢ ˡⁱᵛᵉᵈ ᵒⁿ ᵗʰᵉ ᵈᵃʳᵏ ˢⁱᵈᵉ ᵒᶠ ᵗʰᵉ ᵃᵐᵉʳⁱᶜᵃⁿ ᵈʳᵉᵃᵐ 𝘞𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘸𝘰 𝘬𝘪𝘥𝘴 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘳𝘺𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘓𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘬 𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮 𝘞𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵, 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘤 𝘭𝘰𝘶𝘥 𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘸𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘸 𝘶𝘱, 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘥 ⍥⃝2025| 𝗟𝗔𝗗𝗬𝟱𝗜𝗩𝗘 𝗠𝗔𝗗𝗘 𝗜𝗧...✍︎

𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘵𝘸𝘰 𝘰𝘧 "𝘈𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵."

"𝙄𝙛 𝙄 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙙𝙤 𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙢𝙮 𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙚, 𝙄 𝙬𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙'𝙫𝙚 𝙛𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙨𝙤𝙤𝙣𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙤 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙡𝙤𝙣𝙜𝙚𝙧."

𝘽𝙮 𝙣𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩, 𝙇𝙖𝙠𝙚𝙮𝙖𝙝 𝙤𝙬𝙣𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙜𝙚..𝙣𝙚𝙤𝙣 𝙡𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙨𝙚𝙘𝙧𝙚𝙩𝙨 𝙩𝙪𝙘𝙠𝙚𝙙 𝙗𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙝 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮 𝙨𝙥𝙞𝙣. 𝘾𝙡𝙪𝙗 𝙋𝙪𝙧𝙥𝙡𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙨𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙩𝙪𝙖𝙧𝙮 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙘𝙖𝙜𝙚, 𝙖 𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙘𝙚 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙢𝙤𝙣𝙚𝙮 𝙩𝙖𝙡𝙠𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙙𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙚𝙧 𝙬𝙖𝙩𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙨 𝙦𝙪𝙞𝙚𝙩𝙡𝙮 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙙𝙖𝙧𝙠. 𝙒𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙖 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙧𝙤𝙣𝙜 𝙢𝙖𝙣 𝙗𝙡𝙪𝙧𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙚 𝙗𝙚𝙩𝙬𝙚𝙚𝙣 𝙙𝙚𝙨𝙞𝙧𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙙𝙚𝙘𝙚𝙥𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣, 𝙇𝙖𝙠𝙚𝙮𝙖𝙝 𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙙𝙨 𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙚𝙡𝙛 𝙥𝙪𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙙 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙤 𝙖 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙡𝙙 𝙛𝙖𝙧 𝙗𝙞𝙜𝙜𝙚𝙧, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙛𝙖𝙧 𝙙𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙡𝙞𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙣 𝙨𝙝𝙚 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙙. 𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙨 𝙖𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙣𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙥𝙤𝙡𝙚 𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙣𝙨 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙤 𝙖 𝙛𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙧𝙤𝙡, 𝙨𝙪𝙧𝙫𝙞𝙫𝙖𝙡, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙥𝙤𝙬𝙚𝙧. 𝙄𝙣 𝙖 𝙘𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙨 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜, 𝙇𝙖𝙠𝙚𝙮𝙖𝙝 𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙣𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙞𝙣𝙣𝙤𝙘𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙨𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙤 𝙙𝙞𝙚.

𝗕𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗮 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗶𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝗤𝘂𝗶𝗻𝗰𝘆 𝗔𝗱𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗼𝗻, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗶𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝗵𝗲𝗿. 𝗙𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗻'𝘁 𝘀𝗼𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗿 𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗵𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺. 𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗰𝗿𝗼𝘀𝘀 𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗵𝘀 𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝗮 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗼𝗺, 𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝗲𝗺𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗳𝗮𝗰𝗲..𝘂𝗻𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗸𝗲𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘂𝗻𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗼𝗹𝘃𝗲𝗱. 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗰𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿'𝘀 𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗳𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝘆, 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗵𝗮𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝘃𝗼𝗶𝗱. 𝗕𝗲𝗰𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻'𝘁 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀... 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆'𝗿𝗲 𝘂𝗻𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀.

India learned early how to survive by paying attention. Growing up in a small, rough city taught her when to speak, when to soften, and when to protect herself. She carries those instincts into corporate spaces that were never designed with her in mind. Alex has never needed to adapt. Power comes naturally to him. Raised in legacy and expectation, he leads with quiet authority, keeping his emotions tightly controlled and his personal life even more so. When their worlds collide, attraction becomes something neither can name without consequence. Identity, power, and unspoken desire blur the lines they've spent years maintaining.

"She was my calm in the chaos... but chaos always wins."